Two former Columbia J-school students on one “Daily Show” episode

Thursday, March 20, 2008: Two Columbia J-schoolers made appearances on tonight’s “Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”

Alex Kingsbury, J2004, U.S. News & World Report associate editor, was the guest on the show, talking about his recent reporting trip to Iraq

Courtney Kealy, J’97, is the Baghdad correspondent for Fox News shown in a segment, “International Man of Misery”.

WELLESLEY: South Asian America talk

“South Asian America: How media, entertainment and politics are changing everything”
Wellesley College
Asian American Awareness Month
Thursday, March 6, 2008

I spoke tonight at a gathering on the beautiful Wellesley campus (my first time here; less than an hour outside Boston’s Logan airport). The event was organized as part of the college’s Asian American Awareness Month celebrations. I was asked to talk about South Asians and the media and used the opportunities to address some of the changes I have observed all around us. Here are the photo, videos and links I used during my talk.

WILLIAM PATERSON UNIV: Teaching Asia conference

Keynote speach at Teaching Asia conference at William Paterson University, April 10, 2007.
Topic: “A Changing India in a Changing World: Implications for American Education”